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vi , ive the propriety of throv.'lnz ont any intimations, that infamy. mi r atlt :ILlch to the accuser He thought it proper that such inquiries should be made, unimpeded by any endeavours on the °ppd.. site side to intimidate the mover; and after such an investigation had taken place, after the examination of, such witnesses as hart appeared at the bar, after %eh facts hid been stated .(here he cited the Jour nals), as had been heard in that House,' were, in such circumstances, the result to be an entire ac- quilt:ll, he thought it might be considered as omi nous of a national calamity, as likely to be produce tine of the most tremendouti consequences. Were It possible to annihilate every .trace of the evidence received, and transmit the Duke's name unsullied tb posterity, in that case .he should feel tempted to vote against his conscience ; but as th:rt %vas impossible, as it Was nor in their pow er to rescue his charader horn the obloquy car t s upon it, he thought it incutn'-• bent on the Hbuse to act up to their own, and give:, such a•verdiet as would satisfy the country that they Were worthy •of the confidence reposed in them. If they neglected to do this, what hope could their constituents hereafter entertain ? They would give up whatever might be brought before them, as a lost and cease to regard the House of Commons as, atfordnig them any security against the innovations of corruption. He hoped that they would prove, by their decision, that - - they knew of no distinction ()1 persous. Sir' . Tvirroti spoke at soine.length on the dis content which, in his opinion,' a verdict of acquittal must excite throper,nput the country. It was with the utmost relottake that he spoke -one word against the son of his Stiver , igit i to act as he was about to do, was 10 trim t tirtk the most painful, but a of his duty notwaihtathlitirr i m p e lled . hiut forward; , 6e 1 ' ni e paramount to ' C . % cry otter fueling forced ruin solemnly to decla r e th a t below God bc re,i;hy believed ins Royal not t);.t ignoiatit of the corruptions and anus:is Ouch hid been proved - to exist. Those Who knew him, knew how reiudant• u'3B to sp ea k thus, t h oug h • they could not colt ,.`'eive the pain 'he teit in thediseharge of his duty,. diStressitig'as it was, • 44 Etat justitia, rust crzium." yet he envied ttiore'Gentletutn.. who could lay their hands upon their hearts, who could face their coosti tuents, and wbo, in th a t. :rated moment • when alt sublunary prospects fade from the eye of expiring . Mortality, could enjoy that serene composure which results 11.01;1 the Cunscioosness of having endeaoured, to the best or our ideas to discharge the duties im posed upon us, i.ner voting for , the entire acquittal of his Royal it i :,lltl . eSS. Those who had defended the Duke, had spoken as if Gentleirrit were.tmac ttuaintect with the tuost-cotninon eXilreSSIOO3 in the Loglisli language. The word Connivance had re ixtiVed in that House several novel definitions;. for his part, he could oniy Understand the word contd. v atice; as irtiplyinge - know ledge of the corruption without any endeavours to tertnioate it ; and under standing the word as he did,, he could not but believe 1 2's Royal Highness guilty of connivance he, there wre, tuOled as au Atuendmeot on.the Amendment of the 'original Address, tn-at the words following the wont afford!' be "omitted, to make room for the Words " . atiOrd ground to believe that his Royal Highness must have been aware of the corruptions and abuses p oved by the evidence received •at their litot;• Mr ' wk't'ss BIIGWV Spoke, but from the noire Which prevailed the ly heard. House, could not be &surto . kr. HERBERT rose, amid s t load cling for the '9PestiOn. He assured the:House he would not de 3ain, ,!!lein long; he did' not see any one thing to sub itate r• ':h of corruption ; from the bet !Om of ,I.•• 41 assured them, in the titOit so letTkt : that h e did not believe his Royal High ness guilty oi . corruption. tHere the Hon. Gentle .6..an, was interrupted. by l ou d mid ,reiterated cries " . !;:tuesti6, l y, question !" which continuing with 'crib intermission till th e c l o s e o f his speeeh,ren,- (1 ed itimpOisible to give his concluding words with precision. ~lr . the house under BRAND would not det ain e presenucircitrusiances, but he wished concisely ° State th ereesoni whichitifiueneed him in giving his me . . They were now come to the • important P ° iat - -'Guilty, or not Guilty—aye,- or no. He la °jellied the necessity they were under of voting in tae manner they were compelled to d 0,.. but felt 1 t his duty to express his sentiments on the Merits of ice case. From great.authorities, he considered the evidence before them entitled to a much greater de- Free. of credit than Gentlemen seemed inclined to al scsw. In cases of life and death. the ,evidence ul :ran a„ecornplice was admitted; the .person who turned evideoce was induced to (hi so by the prospett ' of saving his own,life., and could any one,believe that anger in a worngn.like Mrs. (;larks would have as great an effed on her testimony as anxiety to pre-I ve his existence must be .suppost cl to have on the rnati,who turns King's evidence. He would not bring• forward toy partieuhr (Niles, but it was in his power to adduce ttisiancts where the Won:Gent. opposite , (Mr. l'ereeval had particularly enforced the proprio-:• ty of resorting to .King's evidence... One objection 'raised against the evidence of Miss Taylor that it kvait a mere evidence of words. It had been ably ar- Rued, that such an evidence ought not to' have been I !"'ived, the observations made would have been well. a tiliied.Where the witness was a principal.; but.they4 r i a t" re '° l ll o their place when matte on one only cur 'alive. In the case of Holloway and Haggerty ,tvb u we're executed for the murder of Mr. §teele, i evidence, which was not merely evidence of „:"" 4 " , I , Vtti that of an accomplice, one who had , participated - in the murder. A Bow-street (Miter le i ) ` ) %ed, that he had been stationed near the place of their confinement, previous to their being brouglit tt) he heard them say, that they had drank ~ .. gin" at a certain time and , place subsequent to commission of the murder. It was represented, that , as W as of considerable importan ce to know %vim _ tit(er tneysp oke " the gin," or " gill" in a ge silqal s ense ~having drank some at a certain plaee, au ; ah indefinite period as in the one instance it was d „ , ri3ve4 it,might relate to the-commission of th e mur. tOl9 ()thorns connection was,tloneAwaY. On (I head the , Otfi eer wa s c l e sely exa examinee!, lie stat-. e.. 4., t hat situated as. be. was, he c o uld not distinctly 1.1 ; 1 *, but he thought .ibeyAaid." the gm i" thh 4 , I , evidence two m e n were executed. He'-then t3:?,,,`.',. 1 tile importance of the public voice , alt d 4 his regret that the .amendinent had been n'tor l ' 4 ' (w-hick, hOwever, he, was bound .to sup ' ; as, )lulltt - hot been moved, be could Wye ~ ..~~: t : ' given the other a negative with greater pleasure. He rather wisliN the 'Hop. Baronet would witlidral.v it. the Hon. Gentleman cnnrjptfeti A expressing hts 693- . titude for the patient attention with. which be been heard. _ _ considered to be one of the many Palliamentnry rtes anide use of in the present day'. lii fat, •hiss gunge left him no ground: to mod on, with re• et to censure or any tort her matter 3 and - hi had tir..wn a and persevered in a conclusion not to be de 'Mr. StrrTriN \ diii nut approve of the Hon. Ginle man's ideas of • passing a settpral, ambiguous censure On the Duke, as the unintiamed would apply the censure -Where it,ought not to be applied; he would wish the House to consult its digniiy, and nut hastily blast a character by such a procedure. It' had been said in the course of the discu , ,sion, such evidence as is insisted on in a Court of Justice was not to by required there ; whatever difference there , mightbe, in sortie respects he conceived the evidence o: an'aC cotnplice there, as'in a Court of JustiCe, - should be 'received with caution; and when a witness, in toe courw of various examinations, gave cuntradtcaory statements, be thonght that peisUn's testimony should be do9bied. Mr. DICKENSON .spoke a few words; but from the increasing tumult, tro:Ad not be distinctly heard; he had been mucnopposed in his election; and was determined to let his constituents see he was not neglectful of his duty, by voting according to the dictates of his Colli,:trnee. .• • • • duced from his own premises. He was o f opinion I..:tt there way no necessity for either an Address to the Throne, or any further Resolution being entered of the proceedings of the Hohse. He concluded by stating it' to he. his intention td vote against the Hon. Rootlet's Artmnchnent. Sir I', TURTON, in explanation, said, that as the Hori'.'• Gentleman WhO had just sat down had urged mibther ohjecnor,s against.the Amendment Which he had, proposed, than the complexity of the Retolu tioa subinitted by the Right Huu. Gentleman oppo site,' he certainly did not feel them stifficiently co gent to induce him to miithdraW it.—(liejSeated cries of' rieslion! yuestion!) Lord H. PEITY moved for an adjournment, in conseque&e of the palpable indisposition of the the H.,use to do their duty: ' ' - The CHANCkLLOtt of the EXCHEQUER said, he was aware of the motive which actuated the Noble Lard to triose an adjournment of the cle)itte 3 bet he tr,isted fiat' the House would not ) now: that it was Mr. FuLL.KIt said, he would not trespass much approaching to a close on a material part, he 'did not on their time, lie thought it his diity to speak his mean to say the whole of this important affair,' give, sentiments on the subject; but he hail peen twitted the country reason to suppose that it bad terminated in a strange sort of ruzoiner, having had tetters and in confusion. They find hitherto preserved a grate things soot hiM, : saying, if he did not vote so and and respectable character in their' deciiions, he ,so, •he was a blackguard fellow. Those on the oppo- ! trusted now that it would nut be forfeited, but that .side, at the set out, thought it a bad cause; he the house would, manifest Its temper to be una. thought lie should have got himself knocked down : abated. If Gentlethen came to a se:ions consi. by one 'of them, for when he hinted Itfai the peer-' cteration 'On the' sullied, •be ;,ad no doubt but it son he alluded to, tavutir:d the chdre,cs—" What do , would be untivceSsaly . to 'negative the motion of the. yeiu rhea+, ty that ?" was thundered out. But now, • IlOole Lord. atter a few lying witnesses had been • brought tor- Lord H. PETTY is reply, said, that the Right ward, aided by the popular clamour, they were tiy• HOh.'Gentleinan perfectly iiiikeueeived the nititives ing with all their torte, to cry siOWn the wan who which induced him to the 1 1 10601 1 he bad proposed. • had carried the glorY of their, arms into eyery part of 4,1 r. Wurrsua.r• wits of opinion that the ?;:r... the 'World. They (allied of corruption,' why lie re- stmal fatigues of the Speaker vi ere shot) as should inert:thenld tbeitine whet% Butchers and Bakers, and not be augmented. every.shahby fellow were gaining promotionl in the • 'Dig Al•.,tion at Adjournment being put and be arivv. whi:e now they were alt six:akin; against the gative4, prdrni_li:3A of the •on of a gallant' Otiiter, who had is+tr. HipiaEßr coutinuect his ohservzitions.—lie a in tigoting their battles. 'The I)uke,in whaed that the House, it' they (; - ete desiiotis of his opiiiion, had tidied with great humantiy, amid coming to a tlktiud Vote, would he cautiousbf cans•: pia had atted so, Gehtlemen would reeve bun from one proceeding inadvertently into another: like a Whale, send him 'out as it were with a has:pepn He would be extiernelrglad that. the Hon. Baronet ii: bun Sonnebody had talked of die last would` withdraw his Amendment, in order to give l l e.s,ipposed they meant to insinuate the dissolu- an opportunity for negativing the Resolution of the no iof Parliament Was at band. For his part, he would Chancellor of the Exchequer. ,T,:att hi mind, which was the prerogative ()fa Britian to do, " and ho who don't like England," said Mr. Fuller, " d—o hint; let hiio ieave it." Here. the Hon Gentlearail was 011ecIto order; be then said the words he hacr!stipken were a toast which he had heard give?) in some public con,pany, he hied uttered them betbre he war aware, and was Sorry the Speaker had occasion to call hint to order. Lord 4. HAstttToN spoke, but his voice wa.a drowned by the Members calling for the question. Lord MoaPETti said, in his opinion, neither cor• ruptien nor connivance, had been proved. Mrs: ciarite . .had committed herself in several instances al their Bar he °thought her entitled to little credit, and gave\ hit decidenrnatire to the Aniendtuent. A Member, whose name we could not discover, • offered some 'observations iii eiciilpation of the Dukt ot York from tithe' perional cotiopttoo or crituinel corini'vance. Mr. Trtscny, in rising to addresi the House, said, that he did so, not through arrogance, or any desire.to trespass much On the debate,which had been already so . long protracted." He strongly deprecated what had gone abroad with respect to inAnumions said to be .! ade in the Howie, nut only ataiti s t t h e , 'Duke of York, but the Family on the 'Throne alto -I,ellier, It was, he said, H . false and mischievous assertion, and he trusted would 'be disregarded by . the country as such. TO the Honourable Gen tleman who brought forward the charges it was his opinion that not only the Tit.inki ut the Hduse, *but of the Country, were deservedly due. Flom the letters*, of Captain Bandit) and Gen. Claming, which' (as .the Hon. Member termed:4), were pro- Auced at the shrine of insulted honour,. he could not )agitate in thinking that 114 Itoiallliglinesi must have been perlitaly aware,that the perions tor whonr Mrs. Clarke made application, were wholly uncon nected with her in every other' view than interested motives on her part.—(Loud sirs frequent cries of Question ! (ittesiion ! hdraW, withdraw 1) had been said by an lionout,ible Gentlerrtau, that tiro Commander in Chief was perfectly indifferent in pe cuniary transactions. But what did the plain and ntiadtilterritt-4 case of Kennet t provelDid it not Monstrate %he contrnry inihffe rcl ice in tilo,e oral ters, .when his Royal highness could stoop to such a LIMP as !fry , for pecuniary 4-sowers ? He vvas of , opinion eiltirely, that cent* muir have exibted on this partspf the Cornmapdcr in Cbiel• • • Mr.: BANK ES said, t bat. Were it not for the rrcrn sition in6de by the Honourable' Baronet Tutton), he should not poiNbly have offered himself at this moment to the consiuvratiou of the House. Mr, Eeeisoe said, from the exhausted state, of the House, it w4s not his wish to delay its attention very look. lie had attentively read end Considered, the evidence and proceedings in the case which formed. the subjed of debate, and he felt it his bountlee ,duty to state it ae, his full convidinn, that the testimony which ; had beet) addeeed, thpugli net eln oath, wa s - soeittls ouglit to be decided upon. He liad no deubt -in his me t e of , t h e D u k e ' s ge m e$ to eounivtnce, from the evideece of Mrs. Clarke`, con fleeted in every point as it. was, step by step, with several neeteriel documents. It would be missspend leg six wet•ks, if they did not wine to a decision upon such evidence. Much may be sail of the tank at the accused, but it teas ae reason for niquiry epee great' Perstetages who had dune great wrong. it NVaa his wish that Princes shuuld bc made to blew!! as tteCaS them. He felt a atrong con vielien of the guilt of his Royal Highness as to the charge of teninivance. • Sir C. Bt.! ' 11111.1. mentioned something of .an im plieatiett against the Accuser in tins-question by the Chancellor- of the Exchequer. He did not, how ever, mean to vote with the Hon. Baronet. The Gfeeteeeteeptt of the EXCpaouitt explained, and entered into a . discussion upon the words " reo grounds " and " tbere are grounds," as contained in his Revelation, and'in the e . Address of th Mover. §eteieste expressed his intention not to vote: .with the Hon. Baronet. He was for separating both the cltarges as themetter on which they were founded' distinete 'He was certain that bra Royal fiietinees statist have connived; but-in this he 4id nut mean to include a charge of that sordid conOivettee which consisted in a participation of its fruits. Mr. WitagarottoE requested to know of the Hon. Baronet; whether he ipay not as Well have ex- Pressed his general sense in an 'ain'teeltnent to any subiequent reselution of the Right 'Hoii. Gentleman opposite ? Lord H. Peeve felt the necessity of explanation Nib every Member, as to - the vote he would give on this occasion.. reeling, as he did, the situation which had be»tr iitfeitOy ii%Ctib(4l Whittle he thought it itecess..ry to avow the reasons which induce& him to vole es ere would en the present qUestiore Much 'mt he wished tor the acqu i : ial of . the Duke of York, from the respect and gratitude which were dee , to , family, in which were centered every hope and every memory of worth and independence, .yet . he felt 4to striallauxiety in being oeliged to negative the jeloposiities of the Riot Hon. eieittletnari opposite, Instead of the Hon. Baronet's having 'proceeded in ; and others erroneouelphed insisted on the necessity what he would have considered to be the propel' line, eof a judicial decision. In his opinion a judicial dect namely, to negative the Reito' lutionof the It gilt I - loti. eion, or result, wOuld he ineousistent, uot..only with the Chancellot of the Exchequer, he had prietesed the Imene and usages of Parliament, but also with an amendment to it, and had thus reduced thein to the advantages which the people should derive tem a very distressing .ittiat:on, insomuch as that.'he it. He weettxtreniely surprised at expreseiens wtich elthost precluded . the possiblitY of their knowing had tailen from tientleitketi learned in the law, how in vole. He would new state the ilICOIA• ; the course of this debate... If levy did not enlighten venietice which oft his part at least would result. In' , the subject, he expetted they Would net obscure it, consequence of negativing the Hon. Baronet's They spoke of a verslio ; what, he would ask, had Amendment, which ho felt obliged to do, he would a verdiet to do with the cot: It he was erroneous, be under the neceasity.of embracing the Right Hon. he shared, he believed, iii the error with the Con- Gentlemau's Resolution, which he felt totally disin- i ideation. No ehatiele* were imposed on their) as on dined to do. That there was no other alternative minor brandies of the Legilatitre. Though he he took the liberty of stating front superioe autho brought to the consideratioil of this subjed as muelt rity to his owe. In the Amendment of the Hon. deliberant - a) as he conceived to he necessary, yet be Baronet, no diatmdion between crninivance and cri- eneant not to apply it as 'a Judge er zi Juror, but as a minality had been made : tie was of opinion that Member of Perliarneet, concerned not in the ques there should. It was dangerous to confpunid the tiun c,t puniihment,, but, in the protettion of flit; gradation of vices. According to logic and common publiC sitlety. It was not hie , olljett to punish the sense both were totally distind. 11e ohjetied to the person coneiCted of Sue] , offences, so much as to Right f lon. the Chancellur,of the'Etchequer's Ile. defend the Public from-their' repetition. He could solution, on the ground of its cotrodelife'.' It wt4liki not believe the ateY . Member could !ay I•6s kind on be particularly necessary, he cotecelVd, ror the Hon.. his leeirt tail sey that there esesied no eieeme, ee r . Member who propirsed the Ainendmetit to reinfake i the reitioVal of the cutteoeniler in Chief. Ho look. that not having milked the necessary ditiottiori,.bt4 ett on the eviden c e, etipported as it wai by strote; tween conniva n ce and corrupi6n ii w4ncto trap his docuti*tee,'aslierfetely coMpetenetoground ci cause °wit foundation, for It took away the Aims ofdeduc- : ler emir removish "Jti every 'inetence where ing a fair conclusion on the subjeet. What his Right nectessary, those documents were brought fare rd, Hon. Friend had said, of intending to fellow up tins and ether...were ..uiwoutradided. On she ingefiislbes matter on other . consideraticAvs, lie (Mr. Daukus) 0443,00 which had been:set up by the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, he remarked, that though "the points, vt• hen separately taken, may be very strong, yet the various parts taken together mate rially interfered with each other. The Right Hon, Gentleman' bad said that Tonyn's -letter may be a fined one, and that the evidence of Miss Taylor may be framed for the purpose. He also said, that if-both were proved to be truei they would not affe& his Royal Highness. He had further stated, that he conceived they were possessed of great abilities to enable them to do such things. The goble I.,:rd would say, , if that were the case, the imperfea note and imperfe& conversation were proofs of their abi lity not being employed in their. manufacture., He cast, ered the comes -of connivance and absolute 'Cd tion as clistinel. But let the nature of- th.i distintlion be' what it Would, be contended that either was of a nature which required, if proved against the Commander in Chief, his immediate re- ; ,mov I. He was sure that his Royal Highness, if he Tetletite-.1, could not imagine that Mrs: Clarke's inter. let elf e for-Dr. O'Mara', General Glittering, or Ma jor Tonyn, ctiuld net be- the,effeft of attypeenhar fondness for either. , He agreed With. au Honoura ble Friend of his, that there was a great-blindness in certain great men,- end. posehly it may have had some effeet.on his Royal Highness. .He could not - possibly vote for vkords of an equiv , ,eal rneunin;.— • He thought that the •nettiod of proceeding by At- , dress would even- do a -considerable - injury to Vie Commander in Chief it the Right Hon. Gentleman / • was persuaded that no guilt could 'attach to him.-- The Address, after proving that hi , ..; Royal Highness was unjustly accused-of.eertain crinits,. goes On n? brand him I.vitruanother, 'which ntylit not to:bein r troduced. He did not enilskler the discussion.d. thii question in a criminal view, as cornin4 - :witlini the . fundions of the House. It would be an unfair, • and an unfit tribut\,i I to discusi snct,ht,o tt; ;w iti atter e . o . r 'l i i )t e- Noble Lord was of Opinion, that h participatiooexistred;yee his Itoyal llighnesS . Was riot 'perftittiy clearof connivance. 110.,t9C,i3i - esu:d hint- , sell in tavOur of the 'Hon. llareoet's- ArnenclMent, and said, arat he wrield.give hts stegati.ve. to . che pro : position.df the Right Honourable Citauceilor of the Eaehequer. ' . . . • ' • . : The Scietcrroa-Gaettaaa. for SCCT',AND, 11111i1 great confusion'of cries • for the questiOn, stated it , to be his opinion, that there was no' difference be. tweeze criminal connivance and corrnotiote. He Vin l dicated the right. of 'proceeding to consider thte sub-. jed in a judicial point of - view, and elefenited his oyal Eiglitiesalrom the charges of, climirutlity er. compt participation: • lie did. not consiitice, with others, that the Resolution of the Right Hon. this Chencellor of the *Exchequer contained any •think eqeivocal ; 4)tt should, therefore, give his vote'for it. • Mr. C.DUNDAS spoke very brietly on the Skibiett. His opinion was, that the iotel evideoce weer to jostity his Royal Highness the.Cotionander in CnieN The CHANCELLOR of the Excloo l ere t t ee pW ee e, it some length, in answer toehe observations of, the • Noble Lord (H. Petty`).• The ground of the Rosie. lunar) which he had to move seemed to be ine great measure misunderstood. That Resolettion' was net intended to find any Gentleman to vote for any ad- dress which it was supposed to be his intention to move after the passing of the resolution ; It would . . still be open to any Gentlem in to refuse hit assent to any motion expressive of a wish that the Duke t!if York 'should remain in OffiCe. .The eploioo aie was anxious should how be exeressedeiVartiot - Onty - that there was no ground for eturging his Royal flees with personal corruptioo, ,or pertieipatioo the corrupt pradices complained of, but thst_there was no room even to suspect the exi4e ice ot, rl y. ciannivauce at, or' knowledge of, these cop:apt pradices. Indeed; in his mend, the latter charge would argue as much, Or more baeeness and corrup tion than the former; nor would., the Duke of Yak have reason to thank the House foeacquriting him of personal corruption, if they did not, at the same time, • clear him of the mote. dammog ch ar g e ,. o f cr i m i na l connivance at such corrupt prattices, Neither lonia . •the doanments, nor from the evidence •prodeeed at the Bar, could be deduced' the- she,htest grew's( for convicting him of either. His Royal Higintess Must_ therefore be acquitted of .. all crimes, and' of any criminal conni'vanceaetheni. ;As to his further wishes, he should not disguise his anxiety to 'see the' Duke_of .Yoik continued in the situatiou of Com mander in Chief, and enabled to' pursue the services which belied rendered-to the country in that otpa city. ;tie should, again repeat, that by vceing fur hie Resolutien, no Gentleman void he bound to 'vote for the Address, which he might deem it 11'15' , duty subsequently,. to Incive. • Mr. WMTBREAD rose, amidst a loud and general, 'cry - of qtaestiou, questi;m!—He should not, he said, 'detain the Hoare for any time, seeitig their impa ,tienceto close the disossion; but he uoost beg leave. ,to remind them, that the Right Hon. Geotleman was coW. endeavouring to iovo!ve and confound two questions, that of personalcorruptlore, end cow ti t'atteet at 'corropt pradices, which, mood separate before. This. he, conceived to ..be an unfair proceeding tar, atter all that had passed; after all that had been heard, •and proved et the Bar', .by the condo sion of the businesS, it was intended toinsinuate that _the. Puke of York ought still to continue in office. Metes had been expressed respecting the degree of praiae to which the Hon. Movetecit the present question was . erititted. kle:.had never said-that 'his lion. Friend Was likely to receive a formal Vote of Th3Liks from that Htease, (or the services which hia late independent and manly condoct was. Met-lilted to render; but Sure he ; was,' that the exertions of bis Hon. Friend would carry with them the cordid and undivided thanks of the Nation. He here toe trasted the chiritter, the condutt,, and the fortttlici pi . the Peke of York, with those of the Greit Dek of Marlborough, and asked if that able and successoll General had not been dismissed on charges not more grave. But there was a very stratee: .cireem stake had come to his ears, w it h cumbent on him to ecquaint the Hooee, and that was, that within these few d;ryS'a ineetingqiad taken place of 'General Ottioers; at which meeting it-was proposed to address the Duke of York, on the pre sent occasion, and to assure his Rityal Highness of their gratitude and atotehmem. To what, could the proceedings of such teitieetine e lead'? If it another of General Officers were Allowed thus to hold meetines and deliberate,- why might not comnion heft}, rat motete their proteedinga, 'and sit in deliberatian Klatt ? .\Vasitins a ciretonstance, to be overlooked by the House ? Was it not one of the enosedeneetoes tendency Was it not an attempt to ei-ed 414 4a : ~~r ;,,~ i. ~'i~ ~ld ,1111;. - VW 1119. efdr e ' rob 4 ( IV 4 " pot